The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-03-24
force from and after July LIST, 1887.
Approved Feb. 2Sth, 1887.
AN ACT to provide for the collection of vital
statistics.

| AN ACT to provide for the collection of vital
statistics.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the State OF
SECTION l. The clerk Of each town. and the
health officer of each village borough or city in
this state shall obtain and register the following
lacts concerning the births and deaths occurring
therein, separately numbering and recording tho
same in the order in which lie obtains them,
designated in separate columns, viz: In tho
registry OF births the date of birth, the name Of
the child lit it have any, the sex and color Of
the chld the names and places of birth OF the
parents and the date Of the record: in the reg
! lstry of deaths, the date of death, the sex and
color. the condition, whether SINGLE widowed OF
married, the names and places OF birth OF the
parents. the disease or cause Of death. and the
date OF the record. The county auditor of each
county shall furnish each clerk or health officer
wthln MS county. ut the expense of the county.
book III which to register the facts concerning
the births and deaths above provided Pros
vted, however, that in cities OF over 100000
| inhabitants where the duties hereby imposed
upon the health officer have heretofore been i'm.
posed upon the city clerk the latter shall con.
tiuue to perform the same and receive the com.
pensation therefor.
SEC. =. Parents shall give notice to such clerk
or health officer Of the births and deaths OF their
children; every householder shall give like no.
house: the oldest person next Of kin Shall give
| such notice OF the death Of his kindred: the
keeper or other proper officer of every work.
mousse, poorhouse. reform school, JAIL prison,
| hospital, asylum OF other public or charitable
institution shall give like notice of any birth or
charge. Whoever neglects or refuses To- give
such notice for the period Of ten !lO) days after
the occurrence Of a birth or death shall forfeit =
! sum not exceeding twenty (2O) dollars, to 10
| collected as other fines are collected by law
SEC. s. ANY physician having attended per-
son during his last illness shall. within ten (lU)
days after the decease of such person, furnish
Tor reelstratlon to such clerk or health officer
certificate OF the duration of the last Illness thu.
name Of the deceased. his age, the disease Of
RI io1 nd f}ox lato NJ hi
cease And any physician or midwife having at
! tended case OF confinement shall within ten uO)
| Gays thereafter furnish for registration to said
clerk or health officer, certificate of the date Of
| birth sex and color OF the child, with the Names
| dates and places of birth Of the p rents. II any
physician or midwife neglects to make such GER
tificate he shall forfeit the sum OF tw nty-fiye
!:5) dollars to be collected as other fines cole
| lected by law.
or before the fifth (5) day of each month. trans
nit to the secretary of the state board Of health
and vital statistics. upon blanks to be furnished
by said board, certified copy Of the registry Of
| births and deaths which have occurred within
such town. village, borough city during tho
calendar month Immediately preceding. For
obtaining. registering and returning the facts
herein required, such clerk health officer shall
be entitled TO receive from the county treasury
| birth or death so obtained. registered and
ported. And for neglect to perform such duties
as herein required. be shall forfeit sum not
exceeding fifty (5O) dollars for each offense. to
be collected as other fines are collected
! SEC ). 1t shall be the duty Of the state board
of health and vital statistics to prepare and fur
nlsh to such clerks and health officers suitable
| blanks and instructions for the making of the
returns herein provided for. And the secretary
of said state board Of health and vital statistics
shall annually on or before the fifteenth II ~ day
OF January Of each year transmit to the clerk OF
| the district court Of each county all of the said
returns received by said secretary from such
CLERKS or health officers, in such county during
the year ending on the last day of the preced-
| ing December, together with his certificate show
In ohoro Sh~
so reported in such year by each such clerk and
SEC g. Tie said clerk of the district court
| shall thereupon file the said returns so to him
transmitted. in hls Office and shall also issue to
each such town clerk and health officer a GER
tificate showing the amount due to them re-
Spectlvely for the obtaining, registering and re-
porting the births and deaths aforesaid. as the
same may appear from the said certificate OF
said secretary of the state board of health and
! clerk Of the district court shall be entitled to
| receive from the county treasurer of his re-
| spective county for recording such births and
deaths and making such abstract thereof as ho
! may by law be required to make, the sum of ten
uO) cents for each such birth or death. And for
! provided for such clerk of the district court
shall forfeit the sum Of fifty go dollars. to bs
| collected as other fines collected.
| SEC. z. The county auditor OF each county,
| upon the presentation to him Of the aforesaid
certificate of the clerk of the district court of
j; his county, shall issue and deliver to each clerk
/ and health officer respectively his warrant upon
the county treasurer for the amount in said GER
tifcate stated to be due to such clerk or health
officer, and the county treasurer upon the pres
entation Of such warrant shall pay the same to
| the person entitled thereto out Of the general
| funds in the county treasury.
| Sec. 8. To cover all clerk hire. stationery and
incidental expenses OF the state board of health
and vital statistics under this act, the sum Of
! one thousand II 1000 dollars shall be md hereby
| is annually appropriated.
| Sec. 9. Sections 81. 49, 49, 81 and IS of
chapter six 90 of General Statutes Of 1873. and
all other acts and parts Of acts inconsistent with
| this act are hereby repealed.
| SEC. TO- This act shall take effect and be in
| force from and after its p usage
| Approved March 9Th. 1887.